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How successful was the use of a community of practice for the implementation of evidence-based practices for heart failure within the United States Department of Veterans Affairs: Insights from a formative evaluation [PDF]

Health Research Policy and Systems, 2022
Background Communities of Practice (CoPs) are a promising approach to facilitate the implementation of evidence-based practices (EBPs) to improve care for chronic conditions like heart failure (HF).
Anju Sahay, Brian S. Mittman, Parisa Gholami, Shoutzu Lin, Paul A. Heidenreich   +4 more
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Colovesical Fistula: A 28 year experience at a major United States Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center. [PDF]

Surg Pract Sci, 2022
This study describes our 28-year experience with colovesical fistula at a major United States Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center and highlights the clinical presentation and treatment strategies used to manage this condition.We reviewed patient charts from the electronic medical record of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Keller-Biehl L, Yu KR, Smith-Harrison L, Timmerman W, Rivers J, Miller T.   +5 more
europepmc   +4 more sources

Health Care Providers and the Public Reporting of Nursing Home Quality in the United States Department of Veterans Affairs: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Pilot Study. [PDF]

JMIR Res Protoc, 2021
Background In June 2018, the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) began the public reporting of its 134 Community Living Centers’ (CLCs) overall quality by using a 5-star rating system based on data from the national quality measures captured in CLC Compare.
Pimentel CB, Clark V, Baughman AW, Berlowitz DR, Davila H, Mills WL, Mohr DC, Sullivan JL, Hartmann CW.   +8 more
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Comparison of Wait Times for New Patients Between the Private Sector and United States Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Centers. [PDF]

JAMA Netw Open, 2019
Concerns have been raised about the adequacy of health care access among patients cared for within the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care system.To determine wait times for new patients receiving care at VA medical centers and compare wait times in the VA medical centers with wait times in the private sector (PS).A ...
Penn M, Bhatnagar S, Kuy S, Lieberman S, Elnahal S, Clancy C, Shulkin D.   +6 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

Pain science knowledge among healthcare Professionals: A cross-sectional survey within the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. [PDF]

Musculoskelet Sci Pract
Pain complaints are one of the primary reasons that military veterans seek healthcare within the United States Veterans Health Administration (VHA). VHA providers therefore need to be able to appropriately identify and classify clinical pain presentations and provide evidence-based management strategies.The objective of this exploratory quality ...
Keter D, Eneberg-Boldon K, Kurszewski W, Marth L, Rich T, Schopmeyer K, Vogsland R.   +6 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

Activating laboratory surveillance response to the threat of H5N1 influenza in the Veterans Health Administration, 2024–25 [PDF]

Frontiers in Public Health
IntroductionThe Veterans Health Administration (VHA) mobilized and adapted its established national infrastructure to enhance influenza surveillance during 2024–2025 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A(H5N1) panzootic.
Cynthia Lucero-Obusan, Joyce S. Chung, Gina Oda, Connor Edson, Aarthi Chary, Aarthi Chary, Mark Holodniy, Mark Holodniy, Mark Holodniy   +8 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Potential impact of data source and interoperability messaging on health information technology (HIT) users: a study series from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. [PDF]

BMJ Health Care Inform, 2019
BackgroundThe promise of Health Information Exchange (HIE) systems rests in their potential to provide clinicians and administrative staff rapid access to relevant patient data to support judgement and decision-making. However, HIE systems can have usability and technical issues, as well as fail to support user workflow.ObjectiveShare the findings from
Herout J, Baggetta D, Cournoyer A, Dietz AS, Robbins J, Maddox K, Dobre J.   +6 more
europepmc   +5 more sources

Urologic Disease Burden in the United States: Veteran Users of Department of Veterans Affairs Healthcare [PDF]

Urology, 2008
To determine the disease burden, measured by resource utilization, of four urologic conditions among veteran users of U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare services and to assess variations by selected sociodemographic characteristics.We applied expert-derived diagnosis clusters to establish four patient cohorts from a population of U.S ...
Elizabeth Yano, Christopher S Saigal
exaly   +3 more sources

Optimizing outpatient pharmacologic treatment for veterans with alcohol use disorder using an academic detailing approach for primary care providers in the United States Department of Veterans Affairs: A retrospective quasi-experimental study. [PDF]

Addiction
Abstract Background and aims Although evidence‐based medications for alcohol use disorder (AUD) exist, they are alarmingly under‐prescribed, particularly for United States (US) veterans. Only 9.5% of veterans who had an alcohol‐related overdose death were prescribed a medication for alcohol use
Bounthavong M, Lau MK, Popish SJ, Gray J, Chen A, Graham R, Jubran N, Stout MP, Schultz E, Kay CL, Christopher MLD.   +10 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Baseline Human Metabolic Profiling and Risk of Death from COVID-19: Conceptualization of Multivariate Prediction Model Development via Retrospective Database Analysis in the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. [PDF]

J Clin Med
Background/Objectives: Prediction models are implemented frequently, yet, compared with other study designs, their incorporation of clinical measurements (CMs; i.e., vital signs and laboratory results) is rather underdeveloped. The purpose is to describe methods used and illustrate clinical utility in parameters systematically derived from CMs; as a ...
Campbell HM, Murata AE, Mao JT, McMahon B, Murata GH.   +4 more
europepmc   +3 more sources